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ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
ESG funds tallied up record inflows and touted better-than-market returns in the COVID-19 downturn but new academic research says there is no evidence that ESG scores contributed anything beyond traditional models. In ESG Didn't Immunize Stocks Against ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... ESG metrics. "Our investment process ensures that we stay true to client values while seeking to generate market-beating returns through a disciplined, systematic, high-conviction investment process that targets market inefficiencies," she said.

Cromwell sells SA asset at premium

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... would require a shareholder vote to proceed, it said. Since its inception in October 2013, C12 has delivered annualized returns of 13.5% p.a. (after fees and costs).

Suncorp wealth business down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... as a result of COVID-19. Suncorp has been battered by extreme weather events, high reinsurance costs and low investment returns after the most recent bushfires and market volatility. In the wealth business, funds under management fell 8% over the year ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... markets much, Preston noted that there does seem to be an impact at a sector level. By looking at the monthly S&P 500 sector returns range, calculated as the best-performing sector minus the worst performing sector, Preston found that the highest average ...

Spaceship raises $10m in capital raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... 2018, offering two low-cost equities funds with the average investor a 30-year-old worker. Voyager ended FY20 with stellar returns on both options (its universe portfolio returned 37.39% in the year ending May 31) but also with great customer growth ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... during this period of extreme market volatility, particularly in February and March when a number of our funds generated returns in excess of their benchmarks," he said. These included Perpetual's multi-asset funds, several of its Australian equities ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... go there'," she said. "A lot of people start out sensibly just putting a bit of money in and then when they're seeing returns from that or able to pull that out with no issues then they put more in. Then they recommend it to their friends and family." ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... nations and Australia, with an average credit rating of AA+. The 'cash plus' style fund is promising higher than cash returns with daily liquidity and low volatility, with co-portfolio manager Charlie Jamieson saying the strategy did not suffer in the ...

MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... with the third highest volatility of 9.1% per annum) while REI Super was the lowest returning product (3.6% per annum returns, and median volatility of 7.5% per annum). The median MySuper single strategy product returned 5.5% per annum, with a median ...